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Today international leaders announced a massive expansion of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, by pledging $7.539 billion. The new funding announcement sets Gavi on a path to nearly double its impact in the next five years, immunising 300 million more children and preventing up to 6 million more deaths.

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Today ONE is launching its ‘Just Say Yes’ campaign ahead of the UK general election, which asks prospective MPs to sign the pledge and promise to do their bit in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease in the next Parliament.

“We are pleased to see this Bill pass its second reading in the House of Lords and continue its journey to becoming law. The Bill received overwhelming backing in the Commons last month and we are glad to see this repeated in the Lords.”

Commenting on the National Audit Office’s report ‘Managing the Official Development Assistance target’, Diane Sheard, UK Director of The ONE Campaign said: “Investing 0.7 per cent of national income on overseas aid is in line with the 2010 manifestos of the three major parties and the majority of the British public support it. We should…

According to new research, almost a billion extra people face a life of extreme poverty if leaders duck key decisions on poverty, inequality and climate change due to be taken at two crucial summits in New York and Paris later this year, with billions more continuing to face a life of hardship. That’s the warning by more than a thousand organisations around the world which are launching a new campaign called action/2015 calling on local and world leaders to take urgent action to halt man-made climate change, eradicate poverty and address inequality.

Anti-poverty group The ONE Campaign is launching its flagship ‘Youth Ambassador’ programme for 2015. The programme will see 250 young people from across Europe lobby their politicians and decision-makers to end extreme poverty by 2030.

Today, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU agreed on new measures to fight money laundering. Instead of granting public access to who owns companies and trusts, the final deal leaves it up to EU Member States to determine who will have access to the information.

Dear Mr. Kariņš, Ms. Sargentini, and Members of the European Parliament, In March, the Parliament by 643 votes called for ambitious transparency measures to fight money laundering: making public who is behind European companies and trusts. The next 24 hours will be critical to securing these measures, and in the final days of the Italian Presidency…

Brussels – Amidst a new outbreak of the LuxLeaks scandal, EU member states are undermining new measures that could tackle financial secrecy. Are they serious about fighting financial opacity or merely blowing hot air? Parliament’s call for transparency at risk of dilution The EU Anti Money Laundering Directive is currently being negotiated and the Council…